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Fiction, the final award of the night, went to jesmyn ward, author of the luminous sing, unburied, sing and onetime national book award winner for her 2011 debut, salvage the bones. Oct 04, 2017 the national book foundation has announced the 20 finalists for the 2017 national book award in fiction, nonfiction, young peoples literature and poetry. The national book foundation revealed the finalists for the 2017 national book award, narrowing down its list of nominated books from 40 to 20 titles. The national book foundation presented the 20 national book awards at a ceremony at cipriani wall street in new york city. Hes joined by two previous contenders, adam haslett and.
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